Detachable shoe-heel lift



Jan, 9, 1923..

DETACHABLE SHOE HEEL LIFT. FILED DEC. I3, 1920.

datented ti JOHN REILY, 03F LOUIS, IHISSUUBI, ASSIGNOR OF UNE-FOURTH T0 EUGENE TMECBBIDE, 015 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DETELCIEEAELE $HOE-HEEL LIFT.

Application filed December 13, 1920. Serial 110. 430,166.

To (1N whom. it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ll OHN .1. Rainy, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Louis, and State of h lissouri, hat-e invented certain new and useful improvements in Detachable Shoe-Heel Lifts, of which the following is a specification, containing full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in detachable shoe heel lifts and has for its primary object a cheap and effective attachment whereby the lift may be readily applied or removed, as desired.

A further object is to construct a lift of rubber in which is imbedded edgewise a fab ric provided with anchor holes to prevent slipping.

1n the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view of the inside face of a shoe heel lifthaving my fastening devices applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the outside or wearlng surface of the lift.

Fig. 3 is a side view of my improvement.

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a plan view with. the parts broken away, illustrating the fabric member molded in the lift for re-enforcing the same and preventing slipping.

Fig. 6 is a side view of the heel portion of the shoe with parts broken away having my invent-ion applied thereto.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view fasteners which I. employ.

Referring to the drawings, 8 indicates the permanent portion of the shoe heel, 9 the detachable lift. The detachable lift may be formed of any material, but is preferably formed of rubber. linbedded in the rubber and extending entirely around the same, as illustrated in if ig. 2, is a strip of fabric 10, which is provided with a series of holes 11 in which the rubber may pass during the molding operation and which may be aptly termed anchor holes for the fabric. The strip 10 is molded edgewise in the lift and an edge thereof acts as a wearing surface and also prevents slipping and it also has a tendency to strengthen the lift when formed of rubber.

It will be observed that this strip of fabric extends ,,practi-cally throughout the length and width of the lift and terminates of one of the in the loops 11 which also increases the traction at the rear portion of the lift. By this construction a co siderable more amount of fabric surface is disposed along the rear tread surface of the heel. 1mbedded in the forward edge of the lift are spaced apart hook members 12 of rather peculiar construction and are composed of two prongs 13 and 14%, the prong 13 being larger'than the prong 14.- and is imbedded and molded. in the lift. The prong 13 is provided with anchor holes 15. The prongs and 141 of the fastener are connected by the portion 16, which is curved to fit the forward edge of the lift. The prong 14-. is sharpened, as at 17 so that it may be easily driven into the permanent portion of the heel. As previously pointed out, the fasteners 12 located in the front edge of the shoe'lift are molded and made permanent.

In order to secure the rear end of the lift to the permanentportion of the shoe heel, 1 employ the fastener illustrated in Fig. 7, which is composed of a sharpened prong 13 and a longer sharpened prong 19. The sharpened prong 19 is provided with serrated or toothed edges 20. The prongs 18 and 19 are connected together by the portion 21, which is transversely curved to it the rear edge of'the heel and the lift. T he fastener just described to secure the rear end of the lift is made removable, and the lift itself is designed to receive the prong 19 of this fastener. 1n the manufacture of the lift a horizontal slot or recess 22 is formed in the rear portion of the lift and a vertical slot 23 is also forn'ied on the inside face of the lift. The slots formed to receive the fastener for the rear portion of the lift are practically "f shaped and in applying the prong 19 is inserted in the slot 322 and the slot 23 will permit a slight giving of the material so that the completed prong may be driven home, the serrated edge 20 acting as a means to prevent the fastener from working loose.

Of course, it is understood when the prong 19 is driven home in the lift, the sharpened prong 18 is driven home in the permanent portion of the heel. 1n the application of the lift to the permanent portion of the heel, the prongs 14 are first driven into the front edge of the permanent portion of the heel, and after the front portion of the lift is secured, the fastener for the rear portionof from and parallel with the lift is applied as previously described. The fasteners for both the front and rear portions of the lift are made of thin metal preferably light sheet steel and inay ,be stamped of sheet metal, By means, of the improvement previously described, the lift may be readily applied and removed.

It will be further observed that the fas teners l' cated on the front edge of the heel point in an opposite direction to the fas tener located on the rear portion of the heel.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim is: x

1. A. shoe heel lift formed of rubber or analogous material, a pair of hook fasteners having anchor holes permanently imbedded in the front edge of the lift, each of which fasteners has a sharpened prong removed the inner face of the lift, said lift being provided in its rear edge with'a T-shaped recess, and a detachable fastener having two prongs one of which is provided vith a serrated edge located in said recess and the other sharpened and removed from the paralleling the inner;

' and lower faces thereof, each of which fasteners having a sharpened prong removed from and parallel with the inner face of the lift, the lower prong, thereof being, about one-half the length of the upper prong, said lift being provided in its rear edge below the inner face thereofwith a 'T-shape .l recess, and a detachable fastener having two prongs one of its prongs having its edges provided with a serrated portion located in said recess and with a sharpened prong about half the length of the first mentioned prong removed from and paralleling the inner face of the lift.

3. A shoe lift formed of rubber or analogous material, :1 having in the pair of hook fasteners anchor holes permanently embedded front edge of the lift and between the upper and lower faces thereof, said fasteners being spaced apart and having a JOHN P. REILY. 

